The traditional story of the foundation of Falerii Novi is a dramatic one. This town lies in the Tiber valley, about 44km…
Andrew Selkirk recalls the city before the devestation of Hurricane Katrina, and reveals some unusual burial practices…
A close look at the copious Roman artefacts found at the bottom of the sacred spring at Bourbonne-les-Bains in France…
The forgotten Achaumenid Empire is remembered in a new exhibition at the British Museum…
Revealed: the evidence for ancient copper mining at Wadi Faynan in Jordan, sinisterly called 'most polluted place on earth'…
A collection of lost or unknown Egyptian artefacts found in the Beijing museum…
Mexican footprints may hold the key to discovering the origins of human populations in the Americas…
Stone phallus discovered during excavations at Hohle Fels Cave, Swabian Jura, Germany…
Remains of a young woman found in a bog in 2000 have been identified as dating from the Iron Age…
A set of ancient silverware is discovered at Pompeii…
Evidence for the earliest footwear known to man…
Two boys discover artefacts dating between AD 900-1100 Tromsø, Norway…
John Crookshank on Roman Spain, with a focus on Mérida…